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> A server running where? Most "servers" are rented from a big cloud provider, and there's no physical control over it. Having to trust these is definitely wors
by MattJ100 5y ago
> A server running where? Most "servers" are rented from a big cloud provider, and there's no physical control over it. Having to trust these is definitely worse in terms of security.
For the record, Signal's servers run on US cloud providers, including AWS and Google Cloud. Signal do not have physical control over their machines either, which I believe invalidates this point about self-hosting.
- hiq 5y agoThe comment I was replying to was suggesting to trust a server in a federated architecture. I pointed out that it's not that easy for 99% users. On the other hand, I don't need to trust Signal's servers, by design, thanks to E2EE.